Although the tit-for-tat move sent bilateral relations skidding to a new low, the prime ministers of India and Canada are unlikely to mind too much.

The RCMP has linked six Indian diplomats and consular officials to a wave of shootings, killings, threats, arsons and extortions in Canada.

Canada announced the expulsion of six Indian diplomats Monday, including the high commissioner, after police investigations linked agents of the Indian government to homicides, harassment and other “acts of violence” against Sikh separatists in the country.